2013 in Norway

Events in the year 2013 in Norway.

Incumbents

Monarch – Harald V
President of the Storting – Dag Terje Andersen until 9 October, then Olemic Thommessen from 16 October
Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg (Labour until 16 October, then Erna Solberg (Conservative from 16 October

Events

January–March

16–19 January – Five Norwegians died in the In Amenas hostage crisis.
17 January – A lorry full of highly-flammable goat-whey cheese, brunost, caught fire in a road tunnel near Kjøpsvik in Tysfjord Municipality. The high fat and sugar content kept the conflagration burning for four days and the tunnel was impassable and badly damaged.
19 February – The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs unanimously criticised Stoltenberg's Cabinet for lack of security arrangement before the 2011 Norway attacks.

April–June

6 May – Gerd Kristiansen was elected leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
28 May – Oslo city council decided to build a new Munch Museum in Bjørvika.

July–September

1 July – It was announced that the Södra Cell Tofte pulp mill will close.
17 July – Marte Dalelv was convicted for extramarital sex and perjury after having reported a man to the police in Dubai for rape. She was later pardoned.
5 August – A female employee at the Labour and Welfare Service in Oslo was stabbed at work and died five days later.
17 August – The Hardanger Bridge was opened.
9 September – In the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election the non-socialist parties won a plurality. The Green Party gained a representative in parliament for the first time.
9 September – Fifty-five percent of voters in Oslo voted in favour of the Oslo bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics.
30 September – After negotiations, the Conservative Party and the Progress Party agreed to form a new cabinet while the Liberal Party and Christian Democratic Party agreed to support the cabinet in Parliament.

October–December

7 October – The Conservative and Progress parties presented a political platform for Solberg's Cabinet.
9 October – Olemic Thommessen formally becomes the new President of the Storting.
16 October – Erna Solberg became as prime minister at her cabinet; the Progress party were represented in government for the first time following the 2013 parliamentary elections and Stoltenberg's lost the election.
23 October – The Supreme Court ruled that a time limit of 25 years for individual fishing quotas does not violate the Constitution of Norway.
4 November – Three people died in a hijacking of the Valdresekspressen bus service.
16 November – Cyclone Hilde struck Trøndelag and Helgeland.
3 December – PISA 2012 showed Norwegian pupils scoring below average in mathematics, and generally worse than in 2009.
5 December – Seven pioneer divers in the North sea won a case against Norway in the European Court of Human Rights for financial compensation for injuries.
10 December – The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons was awarded the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.
10 December – Joshua French was indicted for the murder of Tjostolv Moland.
12 December – Hurricane Ivar struck Central Norway; 53,000 households lost electricity.
24 December – A storm struck many areas of the country on Christmas Eve.

Sports and popular culture

Sports

1 April: Magnus Carlsen won the 2013 Candidate tournament in Chess and became the challenger to Viswanathan Anand in the World Chess Championship in November 2013.
11 August – 2 September – The Chess World Cup 2013 was hosted in Tromsø.
4–9 November – the 2013 Equipped Powerlifting World Championships are held in Stavanger.
9–22 November – Carlsen won the 2013 World Chess Championship match 6½–3½ against Anand, thus becoming the new world chess champion.

Music

Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
13 August – Erlend Skomsvoll was recipient of the Ella-prisen 2013 at the Oslo Jazzfestival.
"The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)", an electronic dance song and viral video by the comedy duo Ylvis, was the top trending video of 2013 on YouTube.
9 October – Ylvis performs their viral hit "The Fox " on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Television

10 May - Siri Vølstad Jensen wins the seventh series of Idol.
23 November - Singer and runner up of the seventh series of Idol Eirik Søfteland and his partner Nadya Khamitskaya win the ninth series of Skal vi danse?.
13 December - Knut Marius wins the second season of The Voice – Norges beste stemme.

Anniversaries

23 January – 200 years since the birth of Camilla Collett
11 June – 100 years since general suffrage for women in Norway
5 August – 200 years since the birth of Ivar Aasen
12 December – 150 years since the birth of Edvard Munch.

Notable deaths

2 January – Dag Lyseid, footballer and politician
3 January – Preben Munthe, economist
3 January – Lars T. Bjella, politician
4 January – Petter Fauchald, footballer
4 January – Nilmar Janbu, engineer
5 January – Trygve Goa, printmaker
7 January – Helge B. Andresen, businessperson
7 January – Birck Elgaaen, equestrian
8 January – Asbjørn Aarnes, literary historian
8 January – Ole A. Sæther, entomologist
14 January – Morten Mølster, guitarist
18 January – Borghild Niskin, alpine skier
18 January – Svein Magnus Håvarstein, sculptor
19 January – Viggo Hagstrøm, legal scholar
25 January – Aase Nordmo Løvberg, opera singer
25 January – Arne Berg, ice hockey player
26 January – Egon Weng, dancer and ballet coach
28 January – John Tandrevold, boxer
1 February – Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, musicologist
2 February – Tarjei Rygnestad, physician
3 February – Reidar Hugsted, engineer
3 February – Kåre Syrstad, agrarian leader
5 February – Egil Hovland, composer
7 February – Nic Knudtzon, engineer
7 February – Per Tomter, mathematician
8 February – Knut Nesbø, musician, footballer and journalist
9 February – Kåre Valebrokk, media executive
11 February – Tore Hansen, singer
11 February – Villy Andresen, footballer
12 February – Bård Henriksen, speed skater
13 February – Per Blom, film director
16 February – Jan Dahm, resistance member
19 February – Eva Bergh, actress
20 February – Oddbjørn Hågård, politician
1 March – Margaret Johansen, novelist
2 March – Niels Hertzberg, sports official
2 March – Bjørn Skau, politician
11 March – Harald Peterssen, painter
16 March – Trond Brænne, actor
16 March – Georg Rajka, dermatologist
17 March – Svein Blindheim, military officer
18 March – Eivind Rølles, guitarist
19 March – Eyvind Fjeld Halvorsen, philologist
23 March – Aloysius Valente, dancer
24 March – Inge Lønning, theologian and politician
24 March – Jo Inge Bjørnebye, ski jumper
25 March – Ellen Einan, poet
27 March – Hjalmar Andersen, speed skater
1 April – Eskild Jensen, civil servant
2 April – Johnny Lunde, alpine skier
3 April – Jul Haganæs, poet
3 April – Kiki Byrne, fashion designer
13 April – Hilmar Myhra, ski jumper
17 April – Yngve Moe, musician
18 April – Jon Åker, hospital director
21 April – Bjarne Sandemose, inventor
21 April – Sigurd G. Helle, topographer
21 April – Ludvig Johan Bakkevig, missionary
23 April – Tor Traheim, ship-owner
25 April – Tor Waaler, pharmacologist
28 April – Carl M. Rynning-Tønnesen, police chief
29 April – Erling Løseth, politician
29 April – Ole K. Sara, politician
29 April – Gunvor Stornes, writer
3 May – Thor Andreassen, trade unionist
4 May – Annok Sarri Nordrå, writer
5 May – Leif Preus, photographer
5 May – Arne Ratchje, aquaculturist
5 May – Tore Magnussen, boxer
10 May – Per Maurseth, historian
10 May – Jan H. Jensen, pulp writer
12 May – Olaf B. Bjørnstad, ski jumper
12 May – Helga Syrrist, politician and activist
16 May – Kristen Kyrre Bremer, bishop
17 May – Otto Julius Rosenkrantz Kloumann, officer and physician
18 May – Jo Benkow, politician
19 May – Anders Vangen, opera singer
25 May – Jan Kinder, ice hockey player
25 May – Erling Welle-Strand, resistance member
1 June – Atle Kittang, literary historian
1 June – Arnvid Førde, politician
2 June – Sverre Magelssen, YMCA leader
8 June – Per Edvard Danielsen, naval officer
9 June – Leif Karl Lundesgaard, military officer
13 June – Olav Sigurd Carlsen, politician
16 June – Tore O. Vorren, geologist
20 June – Per Ung, sculptor
29 June – Jørgen Sønstebø, politician
1 July – Rolf Nordhagen, physicist
1 July – Rolf Graf, musician
5 July – Tor Holtan-Hartwig, politician
7 July – Ingebjørg Wærstad, politician
9 July – Johannes Østtveit, politician
13 July – Mona Røkke, politician
15 July – Terje Mørkved, footballer and speed skater
15 July – Doris Jørns, writer
16 July – Torbjørn Falkanger, ski jumper
18 July – Ivar P. Enge, radiologist
18 July – Kåre Lunden, historian
18 July – Mary Eide, politician
19 July – Niclas Gulbrandsen, artist
24 July – Arne Eriksen, footballer
29 July – Ole Henrik Moe, museum director
1 August – Arild Borgen, novelist.
2 August – Ola Enstad, sculptor
6 August – Flora McDonald Hartveit, professor of medicine
9 August – Kristian Smidt, literary historian
13 August – Terje Ekstrøm, furniture designer
17 August – Kjell Lund, architect
17 August – Alf Magne Austad, painter
18 August – Tjostolv Moland, mercenary
18 August – Rolv Wesenlund, comedian
21 August – Olav Hagen, cross-country skier
23 August – Kåre Kvilhaug, architect
24 August – Alf Kaartvedt, historian
27 August – Lucy Smith, law professor
27 August – Magnhild Holmberg, politician
29 August – Are Vesterlid, architect
29 August – Trond Kristoffersen, businessperson
30 August – Oddvar Vormeland, educationalist
4 September – Inge Paulsen, footballer
8 September – Tore Sinding-Larsen, judge
9 September – Gunnar Høst Sjøwall, tennis player
14 September – Amund Venger, politician
16 September – Odd Nordhaug, sociologist
17 September – Alex Naumik, rock and pop singer
18 September – Torleiv Anda, diplomat
19 September – Sven Josef Cyvin, chemist
19 September – Øystein Fischer, physicist
21 September – Albert Assev, family therapist
22 September – Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow, terrorist
23 September – Eivinn Berg, diplomat
23 September – Kirsten Sørlie, theatre instructor
24 September – Sverre Bruland, conductor
24 September – Frank Stubb Micaelsen, poet and novelist.
25 September – Hans Guttorm, politician
26 September – Arnstein Johansen, accordionist
26 September – Helge Solvang, politician
1 October – Ole Danbolt Mjøs, physician and politician
1 October – Bjørn Randby, handballer and businessperson
2 October – Kaare Ørnung, pianist
11 October – Rolf Wembstad, footballer
11 October – Olaf Heitkøtter, nature writer
12 October – Hans Wilhelm Longva, diplomat
18 October – Ola Syrstad, agriculturalist
19 October – Lage Fosheim, musician
21 October – Karen Sogn, politician
22 October – Jo Filseth, businessperson
23 October – Bjørn Christoffersen, rower
25 October – Dan Laksov, mathematician
25 October – Arne Johansen, speed skater
28 October – Trygve Kornelius Fjetland, businessperson
2 November – Målfrid Grude Flekkøy, Children Ombudsman
2 November – Brita Borge, politician
4 November – Håkon Barfod, yacht racer
4 November – Astri Jacobsen, actress
6 November – Arvid Johanson, politician
7 November – Gunnar Hjeltnes, alpine skier
9 November – Helen Aareskjold, blind people's activist
9 November – Grethe Rytter Hasle, planktologist
9 November – Per Olsen, cross-country skier
11 November – Stein Grieg Halvorsen, actor
12 November – Erik Augestad, handballer
12 November – Tore Lindseth, footballer
16 November – Arne Pedersen, footballer
16 November – Erik Loe, editor
16 November – Tor Schaug-Pettersen, physicist
18 November – Knut Tøraasen, diplomat
18 November – Edgar Falch, footballer
21 November – Fred Kavli, entrepreneur
23 November – Solveig Muren Sanden, illustrator
28 November – Elisabet Fidjestøl, politician
3 December – Anne Lorentzen, singer and media researcher
15 December – Frank Meidell Falch, cultural director
15 December – Viking Mestad, jurist
19 December – Hans Kvalbein, theologian
21 December – Egil Storeide, painter and film set decorator
22 December – David Kvebæk, family therapist
22 December – Frank Bjerkholt, writer
23 December – Bjarne Kortsen, musicologist
24 December – Jakob Sigurd Holmgard, politician
27 December – Gunn Olsen, politician
30 December – Haakon Sandberg, film director and producer

;Full date missing

Helge Andersen, author and playwright
Elisabeth Thams, translator and novelist
Kurt Valner, songwriter